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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRacist rally at Texas A&M on 9/11 to feature Richard Spencer: CounterProtest planned...
On 9/11. wow.
Alyssa Milano?Verified account @Alyssa_Milano 23m23 minutes ago
Racist rally at Texas A&M on 9/11 to feature Richard Spencer
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White nationalist rally at Texas A&M to feature Richard Spencer; counterprotest planned
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/13/white-nationalist-rally-counter-protest-planned-texas-m-sept-11/
A College Station white nationalist is planning a rally on the campus of Texas A&M University that will feature the infamous self-described "alt-right" leader Richard Spencer. Students are already planning a counterprotest.
by Matthew Watkins Aug. 13, 2017 Updated: 6 PM
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State police in riot gear face protesters at Texas A&M during white nationalist Richard Spencer's visit on December 6, 2016.
State police in riot gear face protesters at Texas A&M during white nationalist Richard Spencer's visit on December 6, 2016. Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune
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*Editor's note: This article has been updated to include details about Richard Spencer's appearance and comments from A&M System Regent Tony Buzbee.
As the nation watched tension between white nationalists and counterprotesters turn violent Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, worries began to emerge that the discord would come to a Texas college town next.
Richard Spencer, an infamous white nationalist who brought major unrest to Texas A&M University once already, will be coming to College Station again, according to the man who brought him to the university the first time. This time, the event will take place on Sept. 11 at a "White Lives Matter Rally" hosted by Preston Wiginton, a Texan with deep ties to white nationalist movements.
Wiginton announced plans for the rally Saturday afternoon, saying he had invited Spencer. On Sunday, Wiginton said Spencer confirmed plans to attend. ...................
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Racist rally at Texas A&M on 9/11 to feature Richard Spencer: CounterProtest planned... (Original Post)
riversedge
Aug 2017
OP
I thought I read in another thread here on DU that Texas A&M had cancelled the
TheDebbieDee
Aug 2017
#1
You are right. thanks for the update. But, organizers are sueing the Univ to have it.
riversedge
Aug 2017
#4
They've got a right to free speech but they don't have the right to stage a rally
TheDebbieDee
Aug 2017
#5
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)1. I thought I read in another thread here on DU that Texas A&M had cancelled the
9/11 rally because of security concerns...
http://www.statesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/white-nationalist-rally-canceled-texas-lawmaker-says/MSek1IBzK2O54c2G0Yg0xM/
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/14/white-nationalist-rally-texas-m-has-been-canceled/
http://abc13.com/society/texas-a-m-cancels-planned-white-nationalist-rally/2307708/
malaise
(267,809 posts)3. It was cancelled n/t
riversedge
(69,721 posts)4. You are right. thanks for the update. But, organizers are sueing the Univ to have it.
...........Organizer Preston Wiginton told ABC13 he was "highly disappointed" by the cancellation. He plans to hire an attorney to sue the university.
"Free speech means nothing in America right now. If you're white, you cannot express yourself," he said.
Wiginton said the event would protest the "the liberal agenda of white guilt and white genocide that is taught at most all universities in America."
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)5. They've got a right to free speech but they don't have the right to stage a rally
any place they want! They need to find a new venue - point blank!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)2. What is that saying about doing things the same way
and expecting different results? Kind of like
Gothmog
(143,999 posts)6. For this thread